Mowers/Tedders/Rakes/Balers/Wrappers/Slurry Equipment/Mechanical Turf Cutters/Tractor-Trailer Work/Forklift/Telehandler/Chaser Bin/Combine/Cultivation/Drills/Sprayer. All modern equipment and tractors up to 670bhp.

Livestock experience

Sheep

Other livestock experience

I have gained some stock experience through assisting my father running our 300 ewe family farm.

Type of farming wanted

Mainly Arable

Driving License

Full Car Licence, tractor

Personal information

Sex

Male

Age

26

Nationality

Irish

First language

English

Other languages

Pen picture

5'11" 12St 11Lbs

Relevant health problems

No

Other Information

Marital status

No

Where are you currently living?

Fermanagh

Do you have the right to work in the UK?

Yes

Farming background

I grew up on a farm and have always had an interest in farming and machinery. I have done most tractor work around the farm e.g. sowing, topping and slurry spreading. My Father was once a silage contractor and this enabled me to have all relevant experience in mowing, harvesting with forage harvester and carting silage. I have also done some turf cutting with my Father in the spring with a mechanical turf cutter and tractor. There is always mechanical and workshop work to be done on the farm which I get involved with as much as I can. My uncle has now taking over the silage contracting and focuses mainly on round baling. I have worked along with him in the summer which involved; baling, wrapping and mowing. I have gained four years harvest experience over in England which has developed my skills even further. This gave me the opportunity to work on larger farms compared to Ireland along with using larger machinery. The tractors that I had been using were new and up to date along with all the equipment. I was working as part of a team while in England but was also able to work on my own when needed. I gained great experience from this which really improved my knowledge of arable and vegetable farming. A couple of years ago I spent the season over in New Zealand working for a baling contractor; this included all aspects of hay making with fantastic views. It was an exceptional experience and I thoroughly enjoyed my time spent in the country. Just last Christmas I completed a harvest in Esperance WA covering 8000ha which was nothing like I had done before with everything on such a huge scale. I spent most of my time on a CAT Challenger 855c operating a 31t J&M Chaser bin. With some time also spent on a New Holland T8.390, T9.670 and a CR9070. Following up from this I have completed a seeding season back out in Esperance WA. My main role was operating a new CAT Challenger 765E as part of the planting team with a 45ft Morris bar using Greenstar GPS on a 13.6m CTF System. I have also done some spraying on a 10,000L, 40m tug along boomspray and some fertilizer spreading on a 10t Bredal Spreader. I moved on from this to work on a huge cotton farm in NSW Australia were I was operating a cotton harvester in a team of 7. I am now currently back in Ireland and helping my father on the family farm, however I was seeking some further work in the UK during Spring time.

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